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Zenger was prosecuted for libeling Sir William Cosby, who had been appointed governor of New York in 1731 by King George II. Upon arriving in the colony in August, 1732, Cosby quickly made political enemies by his arrogant and arbitrary ways. The governor’s opponents included men of great ability and influence, and as part of their campaign to have Cosby recalled, they arranged with Zenger to publish an opposition newspaper, beginning in November, 1733. Zenger was not the author of the anonymous attacks on Cosby that appeared in the New York Weekly Journal, but as its printer, he was vulnerable to the charge of seditious libel.
This case is important as it provides for the basis as to how juries may interpret the law and judges' directions.
